Once my children leave for school, I spend most of my work day in complete silence. No music. No television. No phone except for the occasional conference call. If I go out to run errands, I leave the car radio off.
We spend most of our time at work. So, how can we make our work lives better with regards to our relationships, creativity, life transitions, and the unpredictable ebb and flow of the organization as a whole?
Every summer, I look forward to our week-long vacation at the shore. It’s a chance for me to unplug, unwind, and just be in the moment: long beach days, miniature golf, and seafood dinners followed by a glass of wine on the deck once the kids are asleep.
Imagine you landed your dream job, but when you start doing the work you love, you quickly come to realize that your manager’s core values are not in line with your own. Despite having a good salary and work-life balance, how long do you think you’d be happy in this role?
When it comes to healthcare, we typically use big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to reveal empirical patterns and relationships that help us make sense of this increasingly complex field. But beyond this connect-the-dots data, there’s a more pressing issue at hand: How can we prevent life-threatening mistakes or miscalculations in healthcare before they happen?
The “Sunday night blues” are a real thing. In fact, 76% of Americans says they get a really bad case of the Sunday blues—which is a combination of guilt, anxiety, and sadness—because they’re either regretting what they didn’t accomplish over the weekend or seriously dreading the start of the work week.